Taylor Swift: Secret Sessions II

Taylor Swift: Secret Sessions II is the second competition, hosted in Pierzina Palace, Mischen to determine which song will be sent to the upcoming Maia Song Contest 5.

On October 25th, it was announced from Mischen-Ville that the competition would come back, after a rampant speculation that Mischen wouldn't seek entry into the Maia Song Contest.

Taylor Swift will perform a series of songs at Adora Arena and a panel of Taylor Swift fans from Mischen will judge them through a tournament.

Background
Mischen was barred from competing in Maia Song Contest 4 even after intending to send a song that followed the Rules of the Maia Song Contest, with released reports saying it would have been New Romantics, the highest placing eligble song after a new rule came up before finale night.

Mischen is currently seeking to gain entry to the Maia Song Contest 5 and will host this Secret Session season in the event they are admitted.

Mischen is seeking entry and acceptance into the global stage, even competing in the MWP World Cup Autumn 2016 as a show of companionship.

Format Change
Due to a new rule, the heads of the contest had to filter out Taylor Swift songs deemed too popular, or too mainstream. The list of ineligble songs are, in order from most recently released
 * Wildest Dreams (500M Views)
 * Bad Blood (900M Views)
 * Style (400M Views)
 * Blank Space (2B Views)
 * Shake It Off (1B Views)
 * 22 (388M Views)
 * I Knew You Were Trouble (Season 1 winner) (339M Views)
 * We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (422M Views)
 * You Belong With Me (600M Views)
 * Love Story (327M Views)

As last time was tournament based, with the list of restrictions, it is unclear how the competition will proceed. However Jen Johnson said that there would be more information released soon.

Carrie Underwood
To keep a wide pool of songs available to select from, it is currently rumoured that Mischen will bring in Mischenite Carrie Underwood with some of her legal songs to add a variety to pick from. It is unknown how it will affect the format, if it follows the same way as in season I.

The Panel
The panelists haven't been announced yet, but it is assumed they will, unless the country opts to go for a public international vote. Any votes can be sent to reillyqueens22 on skype!